Take a deep breath Stuart away from this, and smell the roses. and come back in a few days.
Cheers George
DACs and bass response?
I'm auditioning dacs in my system. One (COS) was way to analytical, overall, but had very tight bass. Another (Aqua La Voce) is what some would describe as "musical" and sounds terrific in all aspects except bass. My cdp alone does better in that regard. I have monitors and no subs. Can I expect that dacs that are hyper-detailed will also offer tighter bass as a rule?
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Here is what I determined by designing and building many digital cables, and making measurements on those and others: 1) the 75 ohm impedance of the cable is critical and should be uniform over it's length 2) Termination of the 75 ohm cable to RCA plugs is a non-starter. Must be terminated to a proper 75 ohm connector, and a good one, like RF or BNC. 3) Use of pure silver in the 75 ohm cable is preferred, much better tonality. 4) 100% shield is beneficial 5) Conductor gauge is critical. Should be 26 Gauge or smaller to avoid skin-effect Here are a few measurements: http://www.audiocircle.com/index.php?topic=154425.0 Steve N.Empirical Audio |
Here is what I determined by designing and building many digital cables, and making measurements on those and others: I went with a Belden 1694A cable with Canare RCAPs from Blue Jeans Cable. I'm pretty sure it meets the quoted criteria. https://www.bluejeanscable.com/pages/technicaldocs/canarercap.pdf |
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